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Expert: Codie Sprinkle - 1/1/2007


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The thing is ..I am myself not sure whether the person pricked me or not..i momentarily fely a very slight prick kind of thing..

but then there was not even a single dot of blood on my plan..not even smallest stain of blood..nothing....

kindly let me know what are the pssoibilities in such case?its just that i am having this fear in mind now...how shud i get rid of this fear?
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Can AIDS happen through piercing small needles. For eg: while a handshake, if the person pricks you with a small needle, can AIDS be transmited? How strong should the prick be?is there oozing of blood after the prick? and is it safe if there was no bleeding after the prick?
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I am not one hundred percent sure but I am thinking you can catch it if their blood was on the needle and then it cut you and their blood was able to get into your bloodstream.

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I am sure you're ok.  There was no blood transferred so I would assume you're ok.  Although I would get a tetness shot just incase of infection.  If you would like to see your doctor and discuss with them what happened and see what their opinion is.  Good luck.

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Codie Sprinkle

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I can answer pretty much anything in the STD department, even if it isnt about HIV/AIDs. I have experience with HPV and I am attending school now for my licenses to teach in Cell and Molecular Biology. If you want to know more about me you can catch me here most of the time: http://beautifullush.moonfruit.com/ or Sprinkles11689@hotmail.com I am usually on the webpage a lot and signed in on my msn a lot.

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I am attending school for my licenses to teach in Cell and Molecular divison, this is a recent change in my career I was going to school for surgical technology. We have to know all about STDS and other diseases. My personal experience is I have HPV. It is not AIDS or HIV but it is a STD that can cause cancer. I had to deal with the stages of feeling dirty and unworthy and scared. I think that I can help people get past this and further their knowledge of HIV and AIDS.

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